DigitalOcean App Platform apps-s-1vcpu-1gb-fixed vs Koyeb eSmall
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The same 1 GB of memory at two platforms, so the size is identical and everything around it is not. Koyeb eSmall takes 3 of 4 rounds against DigitalOcean App Platform apps-s-1vcpu-1gb-fixed. It is also the cheaper of the two, at $5.36/mo against $10/mo.
DigitalOcean App Platformapps-s-1vcpu-1gb-fixed · 1 shared vCPU · 1 GB
1 GB RAM · always on
$10/mo$120 a year · $10.00/GB RAM
Monthly price (lower wins)
$10/mo
$5.36/mo
Price per GB of RAM (lower wins)
$10.00/GB RAM
$5.36/GB RAM
Memory
1 GB
1 GB
vCPU
1 shared
0.5 shared
Transfer included (more included is better)
100 GB
1 TB
Build minutes included (more included is better)
not published
not published
Stops when idle (staying on wins)
always on
always on
Members covered (more members covered is better)
members not charged
members not charged
What the invoice adds
- A gigabyte of transfer$0.02 per GB vs $0.02 per GB
- Transfer included100 GB vs 1 TB
- Build minutes includednot published vs not published
- A year at this price$120 vs $64.32
DigitalOcean App Platform, then Koyeb, at the published rates; a rate nobody publishes is not a rate of zero.
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Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean App Platform apps-s-1vcpu-1gb-fixed or Koyeb eSmall?
- Koyeb eSmall, at $5.36/mo against $10/mo, both excluding tax and read on 1 Nov 2026. Over a year that is $64.32 against $120, before anything either platform meters on top.
- Which gives you more memory?
- Both state 1 GB, so the question is what a gigabyte costs: $10.00/GB RAM at DigitalOcean App Platform and $5.36/GB RAM at Koyeb.
- Does either one stop when the app is idle?
- DigitalOcean App Platform apps-s-1vcpu-1gb-fixed: always on. Koyeb eSmall: always on.
- What does the monthly price leave out?
- DigitalOcean App Platform apps-s-1vcpu-1gb-fixed: transfer 100 GB included and $0.02 per GB beyond it, builds not published, disk none, volumes extra, members not charged. Koyeb eSmall: transfer 1 TB included and $0.02 per GB beyond it, builds not published, disk 8 GB, members not charged.
Every price is one month in the provider's own currency converted to dollars, read 1 Nov 2026 from each provider's own page, excluding tax. Transfer, build minutes, disks and members are metered on top wherever a platform says so, and none of those rates is folded into the figures above. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.
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